Hello, The Public Record Office (PRO) or National Record Office in England has placed many of their wills on line for a price. These are not transcribed wills but the actual images of the wills. The earliest Carpenter will found on their search engine is a will dated 07 April 1499. This is for a WIlliam Carpenter of Hyde, Winchester, Hampshire. Wills after 1891 are not on line. Searches can be complicated by titles (Earl, Lord, etc) and hyphenated names confuse the search engine. See the following web page for details. http://www.pro.gov.uk/ Thanks to Bruce E. Carpenter for providing that the PRO web page is up and running on this section. John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Sample of the numbers of Carpenter wills found using their search engine and applying "fuzzy logic." Carpenter Wills found 1000 to 1600 AD = 35 1601 to 1625 AD = 20 1626 to 1650 AD = 34 1651 to 1700 AD = 124 1701 to 1750 AD = 80 1751 to 1800 AD = 135 1801 to 1850 AD = 187 1851 to 1891 AD = 39 On line details before you "add to your cart" is on the following web page. http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=1066576&queryType=0&resultcount=1 Image details Catalogue Reference:PROB 11/10 Dept:Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Series:Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers Piece:Name of Register: Vox Date:10 October 1493 Description:Will of John Carpinter of Wratling, Sussex Image contains:1 will of many for the catalogue reference Number of image files: 1 Image ReferenceFormat and VersionPart NumberSize (KB)Number of Pages Price (£) 3 / 3PDF 1.2142823.50 Total Price (£) 3.50 Below is a sample of search results from the following search page. http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Browsing Family History > Wills There are too many images to list. Please specify additional criteria and click GO to display all matching images. 1. Enter one or more search words: First name Last name Carpenter Occupation Place Other Keywords 2. Restrict a date range From 1000 To 1600 Expanded by Fuzzy logic - IE "Sounds like" Searching Family History > Wills 35 documents found Displaying documents: 1 to 10 Refine search criteria. > DescriptionDateCatalogue ref.Details Will of Raphe Carpenter, Skinner of London28 September 1585PROB 11/68View Details Will of Edward Carpenter, Cloth Worker of London18 July 1592PROB 11/80View Details Will of Thomas Carpenter, Yeoman of Merton, Surrey17 September 1558PROB 11/41View Details Will of Robert Carpenter of Newland, Gloucestershire21 May 1584PROB 11/67View Details Will of William Carpenter of Hyde Winchester, Hampshire07 April 1499PROB 11/11View Details Will of Roger Carpenter alias Morecok08 March 1524PROB 11/21View Details Will of William Carpenter, Clerk29 August 1508PROB 11/16View Details Will of William Carpenter alias Wheler, Husbandman of Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire05 June 1581PROB 11/63View Details Will of John Carpenter alias Rawlyn alias Rawlymre, Clothier of Colyton, Devon04 February 1581PROB 11/63View Details Will of Robert Carpenter of Saint Thomas Bristol, Gloucestershire04 November 1580PROB 11/62View Details < 1 ... > DescriptionDateCatalogue ref.Details Will of Thomas Carpenter, Merchant Tailor of London27 February 1579PROB 11/61View Details Sentence of John Carpenter of Exeter, Devon07 December 1571PROB 11/53View Details Will of Andrew Carpenter, Beerbrewer of Saint Thoma Oxford, Oxfordshire16 November 1571PROB 11/53View Details Will of Edward Carpenter, Batchelor of Redborne, Hertfordshire19 February 1569PROB 11/51View Details Will of John Carpenter of Farnte, Sussex14 January 1552PROB 11/35View Details Will of Sir Thomas Carpenter, Priest26 May 1546PROB 11/31View Details Will of Johna Carpenter or Carpent, Widow17 June 1519PROB 11/19View Details Will of Richard Carpenter, Priest28 September 1503PROB 11/13View Details Will of William Carpenter of Rode, Somerset29 October 1502PROB 11/13View Details Will of Roberte Carpenter of Newton Tony, Wiltshire22 June 1599PROB 11/94View Details < . 2 .. > DescriptionDateCatalogue ref.Details Will of William Carpenter, Yeoman of Culham, Oxfordshire21 September 1597PROB 11/90View Details Will of Venis Carpenter, Widow of Biddenden, Kent09 February 1597PROB 11/89View Details Will of Roberte Carpenter of East Farleigh, Kent16 June 1596PROB 11/87View Details Will of Jeremy Carpenter of Udimore, Sussex19 September 1594PROB 11/84View Details Will of John Carpenter of Tonbridge, Kent28 July 1593PROB 11/82View Details Will of Henry Carpenter, Yeoman of Henfield, Sussex11 May 1593PROB 11/81View Details Will of John Carpenter, Servant of Saint Andrew le Wardrope, City of London06 December 1592PROB 11/80View Details Will of John Carpinter of Wratling, Sussex10 October 1493PROB 11/10View Details Will of Edwarde Carpinter of West Barsham, Norfolk04 August 1561PROB 11/44View Details Will of Henry Carpynter, Husbandman of Lockinge, Berkshire14 June 1526PROB 11/22View Details < .. 3 . > DescriptionDateCatalogue ref.Details Will of Ralph Carpynter of Coliton, Devon02 February 1515PROB 11/18View Details Will of William Carpinter, Yeoman of Norton, Herefordshire09 October 1576PROB 11/58View Details Will of Thomas Carpentar, Merchant of Bristol, Gloucestershire06 July 1541PROB 11/28View Details Will of William Carpinter of Tenterden, Kent30 June 1530PROB 11/23View Details Will of Richarde Carpinter or Carpynter, Yeoman of Westeharnam, Wiltshire30 October 1559PROB 11/42BView Details < ... 4 >